Mapping Scientific Frontiers

The Quest for Knowledge Visualization

Chaomei Chen

240 pages, parution le 04/12/2002

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Résumé

Mapping Scientific Frontiers examines the history and the latest developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from theories of invisible colleges and competing paradigms, to practical applications of visualization techniques for capturing intellectual structures, and the rise and fall of scientific paradigms.
Containing simple and easy to follow diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, as well as detailed case studies and real world examples, this is a valuable reference source for researchers and practitioners, such as science policy analysts, funding agencies, consultancy firms, and higher education institutions. It presents 163 illustrations, 111 in colour, including maps, paintings, images, computer visualizations and animations.
"Broad-ranging historical review, integrative, inspirational, and visionary. Thoughtfully demonstrates the value of appropriate visualizations in understanding patterns, exploring knowledge sources, and discovering important trends in science." Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
"Pictures are worth a thousand words but as Humpty Dumpy said they mean what we choose them to mean. I forecast that Chen's systematic review of the rich and ambiguous world of science mapping and visualization will become a Citation Classic." Eugene Garfield, President - The Scientist and Chairman Emeritus - Institute for Scientific Information.

Contents

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
Mapping the Universe
Mapping the Mind
Enabling Techniques for Science Mapping
On the Shoulders of Giants
Tracing Competing Paradigms
Tracking Latent Domain Knowledge
Appendix List of Figures

L'auteur - Chaomei Chen

Chaomei Chen is an Associate Professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is the author of Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization (Springer, 2003).

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Chaomei Chen
Parution	04/12/2002
Nb. de pages	240
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	655g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781852334949
ISBN13	978-1-85233-494-9